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Critics noted that America's favourite child star was, in fact, quite British and very ladylike.
She was 12 when she was discovered by , who was initially looking for a boy to play the lead role in , which co-starred her father, veteran British actor.
Wiig, a lake marina manager.
She and Lawson had a son, Jason, and then they split in 1984.
The age of contracts with studios soon passed.